Vulnerability · Published Apr 29, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-31879
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the wget package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
GNU Wget through 1.21.1 does not omit the Authorization header upon a redirect to a different origin, a related issue to CVE-2018-1000007.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | wget | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31879 |
| Debian:13 | wget | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31879 |
| Debian:14 | wget | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31879 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | wget | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31879 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | wget | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31879 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | wget | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31879 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | wget | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31879 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | wget | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31879 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2021-02/msg00002.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210618-0002/ x_refsource_CONFIRM